CHARLOTTE - A state legislator who owns a 60-year-old Dairy Queen just south of the city's downtown wants to demolish the building to make way for a structure that's twice as large.

State representative Brett Roberts, R-Eaton Twp., who represents the 65th District, has owned the Dairy Queen at 407 S. Cochran Ave. for more than a decade. Now he wants to raze the existing 1,000-square-foot seasonal eatery, and construct a new, 2,000-square foot Dairy Queen with indoor seating, said Charlotte City Manager Gregg Guetschow.

Roberts submitted a site plan application and rezoning request for the project to the city Aug. 9.